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What am I selling 2005 25’ C-Dory trawler and trailer $65K Follow the link to the pictures https://www.c-brats.com/members/journey-on.881/#xfmgAlbums • Standard C-Dory features o Head and shower o Kitchen o Large bunk in V-berth o Amidship table, makes into large bunk o...

Well, 3 mos to the day, that lithium battery is in Journey On and operating as expected, a glorious milestone. First of all, I'd like to thank Bob/thataway for sharing his battery configurations with me. Just knowing that someone else had done it was invaluable. I also read various...

I presently have a raspberry pi and am trying to turn it into a chart plotter for Journey On. I've worked with the computer and obviously need help. So, here goes. First, has anybody on this site done it; replacing their MFD with a Pi driven display? Second, how big is your display? I've...

Judy has just written (from her journals) about our trip to the South Pacific. A sailboat, Our Journey, not a C-Dory. Here's the link: To the South Pacific. Learning, fun ,experiences, all the pathos you would want. And sitting together for 25 days. If I say so myself (and I am,) an...

No matter what your persuasion, today is the day to vote. Please. Unless you've already voted. Boris

OpenCpn now uses O-charts vector charts. For $20 I now have the west coast of Canada in vector charts. Here are the 3 links to the OpenCpn oeSENC plugin, discussion and purchaes of the charts: 1. OpenCpn Plugin: oeSENC plugins 2. Discussion: OpenCpn Forun. This is a general OpenCpn forum...

I'm (not Judy, yet) thinking of heading north this summer and cruising Lake Roosevelt. Has anybody done this? Any good cruising guides? I assume there are places to get fuel. Am I correct? How about launch and truck/trailer storage? Boris

Journey On over the last several years went to the San Juans and her crew added Norway. It's all been written up atJourney On Travels. Judy and I think we had a lot of fun and you can share that with us. More happy travels for you and us. Judy and Boris

Just to let everyone know what the latest cartography chip is. And if you already know, congratulations! Navionics offers a SSD micro chip which contains all the charts for the USA and Canada. That’s right, if you’re going to go to Ft Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, the chart will tell you what...

While we were up in the San Juans this summer, a friend (Larry) and I visited Northwest Marine Industries, the builder of C-Dorys, among other boat lines. We were welcomed, but the guys who ran the outfit were out sea-trialing a 22’ C-Dory, so we were turned over to the gentleman who was a...

As I’ve got older (and older,) winching the boat on to the trailer has gotten harder and harder. We have a roller trailer, and I don’t dunk it in too far, but winch it on. So, I installed an electric winch this season. The winch I selected was a Dutton Strongarm SA9000DC. It’s American made...

We’ve had Journey On for 12 years, in which time I’ve made sure the brakes work, a most important item when one is hauling that boat. Given the state of the brakes, I finally decided to replace the damn things. Here’s the bill of materials: 1. Kodiak Boat Trailer Integral Hydraulic Disc Brake...

The C-Dory 25 has a couple of drainage issues. One of them is the 2 ea doors in the cockpit sole. They leak. Any time I wash the boat or it rains (something it rarely does in San Diego) I have a bunch of water in the bilge and it’s a bear to pump it out. So, when Bob/thataway mentioned that...

Boat U. S had this article on their website: Best Trailer Boats For Your Money. A list of trailer boats up to $100, 000. All C-Brats should read it. They covered open boats, pontoon boats and jet skis, 22 boats in all. Not only where there no C-Dorys, but there were no closed cabin boats at...

This web site indicates that OpenCpn for Android ican be downdoaded free. This means that, if true, you can run it on your tablet at no cost. http://opencpn.org/ocpn/node/360 Boris

OK, I've come to a decision. I'm going to start buying truck tyres for the trailer. This comes after I had two blowouts on the way to Lake Powell, with tyres that were less that 3 years old. One was in the middle of an interchange, with minimum shoulder. The other was in the middle of the...

Journey On has a Lowrance 3G radar. I can overlay the radar on top of the chart in OpenCpn, which requires that I start up the laptop PC and bring up OpenCpn. This isn't an easy thing to do, actually it's a PITA. What I needed was a way of overlaying the radar on top of the chart that the...

Last week or so we went over to Santa Cruz Isle, across the Santa Barbara Channel. On the way back we passed through several herds of dolphins fishing. There were several schools of them and they were busy. though every once in a while they would break off work and swim alongside Journey On...

Judy's wiper (port side,) died on us last summer. Soaking it in silicone spray finally didn't work. I waited as long as I could, hoping for a miracle, none happened. So, here is the story of fixing a C-Dory 25 wiper, as in replacing the old with new. It's chronological, so one can read as...

Well, here's a topic that'll either die quickly or get a few answers. I'm hoping for the latter. The question is "how do YOU use trim tabs on YOUR C-Dory"? All C-Dory 25's and Ventures come standard with trim tabs. I hope to find out how C-Brats use their trim tabs: when, how much and any...